[OOC] L'Mordryn Academy

[Artifex]

@A Lowly Wretch
I think three is a good number...(I like things in threes >_>)

[Hammerman]

Corona and Esther might be most active in the future tech club, with them presenting the results of their private research periodically to the club. Corona is only attending herbology and alchemy as it reminds her of her old life as the village apothecary. She still has an interest in medicine but she believes the most effective way of treating all sorts of illnesses are by inserting nanites into your body that would fix them for you instead of using some magic cure-all potion.

If it's allowed, I'd like to make Corona the head of the future tech club, with Esther as her vice-president.

[Artifex]

That's fine with me. ^_^

[SamaraJayne96]

Very interested~

[Crowvette]

I've got the favoured summons for Allie done. I'll post her to char section if they check out.

[Vox]

Sebastian would be in the Skirmishers' club for sure, and he'd probably drag Nera along to fulfill his obsessive need to beat her. He'd also likely head an Explorers' Club for the express purpose of pulling pranks on everyone who joins, but officially would be for something like exploring all the nooks and crannies of the academy and everything beyond.

Nera would probably also be a part of the Cute and Fluffy club because it's the club where she could probably sleep most comfortably during activities

[RoflsMazoy]

Clarence is relatively new, and owing to his natural nervousness I doubt he'd have joined a club yet. ^^;

[Vox]

@Artifex How does summoning work exactly? Is it an involved process that requires involved preparation sort of pike Alchemy in FMA, something a bit more like Naruto, or somewhere further on either spectrum?

[Crowvette]

Allie would definitely be in the Military club. Probably as a top member.

[Pyromania99]

Would anyone be interested in the Cute and Cuddly Club? I think I mentioned it before, but it's where you bring your cute and cuddly things for Evangeline to look adorable enjoying the feel. Oh, and I suppose other people can try them out too.

[ShwiggityShwah]

@Pyromania99

My nidhogen summon. >///< if nettle allows it.

[Bartimaeus]

@Artifex I assume not everyone in the world is a summoner or has the capacity to be a summoner...right? Are there other forms of magic out there by the way? Not intending to use any of them, was just asking for background info.

[A Lowly Wretch]

@Artifex - Excellent to hear. On a separate note since she's been given the okay I put Nettle over in the CS tab.

Also, another question: On the front page it states that the rooms where students actually sleep are separated into fifty four-person rooms. Does this mean our characters share their rooms with three other members of their house?

If so then a question for everyone is who wants to room with who? Nettle's bed setup is bound to be fairly... Wild, in a manner of speaking.

@ShwiggityShwah - Of course it can. Nettle may be linked to it as a summoner but she almost never demands anything of it. It is free to pursue whatever interests it. She understands that in the end they both seek a mutual goal and will come together when it matters to seek the path to the Caregiver.

She may even sit in on some of their meets if she has time around her other club meetups. While she is primarily focused on expanding her mind to better reach out and explore the space that lay between the realms she does enjoy the company of interesting beings regardless of how cute or scary they are.

[Bartimaeus]

@Artifex

Cleophas

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Name | Cleophas Levi
Age | 18
Gender | Male
Level/Tier | V1
House | Bestia
Appearance/Attire | Cleophas stands at six-foot flat, and has an ever-so-slightly toned musculature. His hair is often an unkempt - but appealing - mess, which he normally doesn't even attempt to mend. His skin is slightly tanned, and clear with no blemishes. His most noticeable physical features are his eyes - they are heterochromatic. One is light blue, the other hazel.

His clothing is usually whatever he can find around his room, as he is not much of a stickler for fashion, unless he's out to impress. As long as it's comfy and doesn't smell bad, he'll probably wear it. He does, however, prefer a darker color palette. He also has an odd taste for mildly peculiar Jewelry.

Alignment | Dynamo (Chaotic Good)

Personality/Habits | Cleophas fits his house pretty much perfectly. While he initially can keep his cool so as not to scare the jumpy students away, he naturally is quite outgoing and loud, unless he has a reason not to be. He generally is very kind to others, but may be unconsciously brash when he isn't paying attention to himself - which is often.

However, while he outwardly is a very care-free and wild individual, he, just like anyone else, is capable of complex emotions - even if he doesn't like to show it.

Background | Cleophas is from a very small family, and was raised solely by his father - and oftentimes his grandparents as well. His father owned his own business, so he had to get his parents to watch over Cleo as he attended to it.

The young summoner had a very simple childhood, day after day going to school and coming home to meet his father and grandparents waiting for him. Playing with toys. Going on the occasional father-son fun trip. Y'know. The usual. However, when he got older, things changed.

His potential as a summoner was recognized by his grandfather, who began to teach him about the art - unbeknownst to dad. Eventually, he was trained well enough to learn and summon on his own, without guidance. And of course - he was also trained well enough to accidentally let the secret slip and cause his father and granddad to entangle in a feud. From that point at the age sixteen onward, his father frowned upon all talk of being a summoner. He wouldn't stop him - but he was not happy about it. He even went so far as to rent an apartment just so Cleophas wouldn't be influenced by his grandfather anymore.

When Cleo's grandfather passed away, him and his own father grew further apart. Cleo somewhat resented his dad for taking him away from his granddad, but he wouldn't admit it.

Eventually his father started offering him opportunities to work in his business as he grew older, but Cleophas declined him. Instead, he opted to go to L'Mordryn Academy. He needed a fresh mind. A clean plate. He would eventually forgive his father, hopefully. But for now, he wanted to be on his own.

Favorite Summons |

Mac

Bare form

"Mac" is a Doppelganger that Cleophas has a mixed relationship with. Their bond is built on their mutual love of pranks and jokes - which causes them to often get a little miffed at each other, but they usually don't stay that way for too long. However, despite how mad they may become, they are always there for each other.

His capabilities consist of:
Perfect Duplication - allows him to perfectly mimic the physical appearance and non-unique capabilities of any form he can examine.
Sense Transfer - Mac can lend his senses to others, allowing them to see through his eyes, hear through his ears, etc. This can potentially be inversed or forced, but this has not been observed.
Doppelganger Physiology - After some hours, Mac can recover from nigh-all wounds. Additionally, his bare form is quite flexible and malleable.

Crown

Spoiled boi

"Crown" is a beast mixture of some sort of...well...um.. something awesome! Plus a little of something cute. He was Cleophas' first bonded summon, under the wing of his grandfather. As a result, their bond is very strong. This little creature is often there to console Cleo in his times of need. Crown reminds Cleophas of his grandfather, and because of that he clings to the creature with all his might.

Crown does have any notable abilities. Besides being cute as hecc.

Ki'iza

Pretty gurl

Ki'iza is Cleo's latest and outright most powerful summon. His grandfather provided him many books to study and told him that one day he would know when to look for a beast. That day was when he left his father to pursue the academy. So Ki'iza is fresh out of the box, if you will. They have so far only formed a small emotional bond due to Ki'iza's ability to partially read one's mind, but beyond that they are not that well acquainted.

Her capabilities consist of:
Telepathy - Ki'iza's species is capable of reading partial thoughts, intentions, and emotions of other beings. However, they are mysteriously prohibited from conveying this information to any other being - besides their ability to tether emotions between entities.
Extreme Attributes - Ki'iza is both very agile and extremely strong. She is also quite intelligent, and has amazing reflexes. She is also quite durable, and even in apparent weak spots, such as the wing-leather, she has tough skin and hide.

I don't think I'm missing anything, but if I am let me know. ^^

[CelesteEste]

I already mentioned Cute and Fluffy as well as Occult club in Sazel's CS. If there is an Exploration club she will definitely join in.

[ShwiggityShwah]

@A Lowly Wretch

Nidhogen has joined your party <3

[Artifex]

@SamaraJayne96
RP is still open, so you can go ahead and submit a CS if you want in. ^_^

@Crowvette
Everything checks out...Allie is good to move over!

@Vox
Basically the invoker concentrates their magical and mental power on opening a gate to another realm. This doesn't require any kind of involved ritual or anything. At first, it takes a while, but as the invoker becomes more skilled, the process of searching, finding, linking, and summoning gets faster. And once a being is summoned, it can stay around or be sent back to its home realm. The summons have free will and can operate independently of the invoker if they are sentient; most summons just choose to listen to their invoker and/or form a bond. The link between the invoker and the summon can be severed by incompatibility or a weakened mental or magical state which will send the being back.

Think of keeping a summon around as similar to carrying something in a backpack. If you are comfortable carrying 50 lbs of weight all day without being tired, then that's your capacity; someone else may only be able to handle 10 lbs. You can train to be able to handle more over time. Think of all that in terms of mental/magical strain rather than physical.

Hope all that made sense! >_>

@Bartimaeus
No, not everyone has magical capability. Only those who have what I'm calling 'runic blood' are able to perform magic. This isn't rare or anything, but it's not something everyone has. There are numerous forms of magic in the world...invokers just specialize in using it to summon.

Also...great job on Cleo...he's good to go!

@A Lowly Wretch
Yes, your character shares a room with three others. The rooms are large enough so that there is ample space for everyone to feel comfortable.

[Vox]

Magic I can handle. Summons from another realm I can handle. Horrible nightmarish chimeric creatures I can handle. But this?!

Yes, your character shares a room with three others. The rooms are large enough so that there is ample space for everyone to feel comfortable.

@Artifex

In an academy setting?!

My suspension of disbelief is broken I demand a refund

[CloseEnough]

I'm warning you now, I wrote their back stories while on a ton of pain killers.

[Crowvette]

Shared rooms, huh? I can smell the awkwardness from Machina already.

That being said, anyone wanna room with my awkward character in Machina?